Again this has to do with YOU and how YOU run your property.

They also do listings, track leases, house documents, and can run reporting on your financials. 

Ray you can still lend in CA you simply need a RE Broker to run the paper work for you so the state Is happy and they will usually want some sort of fee for their time and risk / effort.

Or did you run some numbers or have some other set of data you're using to come to the conclusion that Westmoreland County is, in fact, an area conducive to being profitable in house hacking?

Makes running the numbers a lil more difficult 

HI Pinny,You can always start off by house hacking meaning you live in one UNIT or ROOM and renting out the other vacant units/rooms to offset your monthly mortgage payment.There are several ways to run and make sure you are maximizing your rental income while keeping your living expense as low as possible.

The Dunning-Kruger effect is running rampant in the forums.

It should have a good spread to ensure you're not losing money in the long run.

I also am a traveler, so I felt like running an Airbnb would be something I would be quite good at.

This works well for me but one thing to note about this process is you absolutely need to know your local and state laws very well so that you don’t break any rules or run the risk of being accused of discrimination, because you will be turning people down and should have a legit, legal reason not just that you don’t like them.